G/TBT/N/TZA/136/Rev.1  
 
20 November 2020  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  TANZANIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Tanzania Bureau of Standards  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from  above:    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Beverages 
(ICS 67.160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  AFDC 13 (530) 
P3 Rev TZS 1245:2010 Draught beer – Specification (8 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Tanzania Standard specifies requirements, methods of 
sampling and test for draught beer  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements   
8. Relevant documents:   
• TZS 4 Rounding off numerical values  
• TZS 268 General atomic absorption — Spectrophotometric method for 
determination of lead in food stuffs  
• TZS 109 Code of hygiene for food processing units – General  
• CODEX STAN 192, Codex general standard for food additives  
• TZS 1495:2016/ ISO 7952 -1994 Fruits, vegetables and derived products 
Sampling and methods of test – Part 9: Determination of copper content – Method 
using flame atomic absorption spectrometry  
• TZS 471 Methods o f sampling and test for alcoholic beverages  
• TZS 122 Microbiology – General guidance on methods for the detection of 
Salmonella  
• TZS 538 Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  G/TBT/N/TZA/136/Rev.1  
 
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  • TZS 1492/ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination o f tin 
content — Method using flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry  
• TZS 131 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuff – General guidance for 
enumeration of yeasts and moulds – Colony count technique at 25°C  
• TZS 789/EAS 12 Potable water –specification  
• TZS 799/ISO 16050:2003 Foodstuffs -- Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the 
total content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products 
-- High-performance liquid  chromatographic method  
• TZS 1491/ISO 1842, Fruit and ve getable products — Determination of pH  
• TZS 729/ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal 
method for the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
• TZS 118 -1/ISO 4833 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method f or 
the enumeration of micro -organisms — Part 1: Colony -count at 30 degrees C — 
Pour plate technique  
• TZS 1492/ISO 17240, Fruit and vegetable products — Determination of tin 
content — Method using flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry  
• TZS 799/ISO 16050:2003 F oodstuffs — Determination of aflatoxin B1, and the 
total content of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2 in cereals, nuts and derived products 
— High-performance liquid chromatographic method  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  January 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
Contact person(s):  
Ms. Bahati Samillani (NEP officer) and Mr. Clavery Chausi  
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS)  
Morogoro/Sam Nujoma Road, Ubungo  
P O Box 9524  
Dar Es Salaam  
+(255) 22 2450206  
nep@tbs.go.tz ; bahati.samillani@tbs.go.tz  
http://www.tbs.go.tz  
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